
It's still retro-looking no matter which option you choose, but in my opinion the "smooth" filter makes things more tolerable. The faux-3D special levels where you hunt UFOs don't hold up nearly as well, but what can you do? The core gameplay is just as good as you remember, and the ability to layer on a choice of three filters to make high definition versions of aging character models helps sell the game to modern eyes. It's a neat touch, and it certainly gives you reason to explore and play levels multiple times, which has always been one of the strengths of the Sonic franchise. At different parts of the stages you can choose to move to the past, or ahead to the future, and this changes both the aesthetics of a level and the enemies you face. Sonic CD added a few interesting changes to the Sonic formula, not the least of which is the ability to travel through time.

We're going to stick to the Xbox 360 version, because we like buttons and the PlayStation 3 version is a week away.
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The game can also be found on iOS devices tomorrow, and on the Android store starting today. Sonic CD has been released on the Xbox Live Arcade, with a PlayStation Network version coming on December 20. It was always a game that people enjoyed, but it was never all that easy to find.


The game was also released on the PC back in 1996 later, it could be found on the PlayStation 2 and GameCube in the Sonic Gems collection. Sonic CD introduced Amy Rose and Metal Sonic, and it's worth noting that this happened before gamers began to groan at the idea of characters that aren't Sonic. That's right, it was a game, not an experiment in what could be done with video. Sonic CD was originally released on the ill-fated Sega CD platform, and it proved to be one of the few truly good games for that system.
